I don’t really care which label my camera has: Sony, Nikon, Panasonic or Canon. Most modern electronic devices have great quality which is based on the same China components.
Canon PowerShot S5IS is an ordinary SLR-like with nothing notable.
8 megapixel 1/2.5 inch sensor(up from S3’s 6 MP)
Canon’s famous optical image-stabilization technology
Handy 2.5 inch signature flip-and-twist LCD display
Very good speed for SLR-like camera: it wakes up in 1.3 sec; shutter lag of 0.5 and 0.8 sec in bright light; it can shoot consecutive single images 1.6 seconds apart, growing to a reasonable 2.1 seconds with flash enabled; continuous shooting is abt. 1.5 fps; it can run for abt. 18 shots before it starts to slow
12x ultra-zoom(It is more than enough for SLR-like but now I have 18x zoom; for more details look through Compare Fujifilm S8000, Olympus SP550,
Face detection technology;